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@with faire @anni @fluire Letters Patent 'Nol 78,082, dated llfayll9,1868.

IMPROVEMENT'IN HARNESS ron vloroUs Horses.

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Be't 12a-own' thdt', S. L. GRAY," (1f-Chillicothe, in the'county of.Ross, and State of.0hio, haveinvented a I new and iimpr'evedffarness'forVicious Horses; and I do hereby declaro that-:the following is a full,clear,

andgexact'description,thereofLwhicll will' 'enable those 4skilled in theart to .make and use the same, reference y being' had t'o theaolnpanyingpdrawings, forming part of this specification.

'This invention' relates to 'a new and improved harness for controllingvicious horses, the parts being constructedr,r';arranged, and appliedtothe' horse in su'ch a manner that the latter will be entirely withinthe power' of the driver or rider. ,Y

The drawing ,represents-in.,perspectige view of my 4invention applied toa horse. Arepresents a strop, `whichl passes around the neck of theanimal, and extends between the fore legs, and

has a4 strap, B, attached, with'. loop, a, at its end, for a surcingleto pass-through.

,. The strap B has a. pulley, b, firmly secured to it, around lwhich a.strap, C, passes'. This strap C may be .of cylindrical form-round;v thatshape would be preferableand it is' supported at euch side/of thehorseby .passing through ringso c at the lowerends of a strap, D, whichpassesthrough a hreeehing or back-strap, E, the front end of the latterbeing attached to thei top ofstrap Aand the rear end provided with theusual cruppcr,r d. The ends of thestrap C- are attached, by rings ee, tostraps F F, which are tted' on the hind legs of theA horse, as shown inthedrawng, andthe straps FF afreretained in position onli the horseslegs by means of a Strap, G, whichpasses oreithe rum'p oi" therhor'seand through the hack-strap E.

By this'means a horse is prevented from kickingor rearing, and also fromrunningnway. He is under thc complete control of the driver, and niay bemanaged without any trouble or diilienltywhatever Tho`parts abovedescribed are applied to an ordinary harness at a very moderate expense,some parts being common to both,"as`,"for instance, the back-'strap Eand the nock-strap A, which may serve as a breast-collar.

Harnesses provided 'with a. stu`ed collar may have the strap Eat-tackedto its to-p,.and the strap B attached to its lower end. Y

, means of the strap '1), the strap C is held up whilc the horse ismoving, for the purpose of preventing his feet fronrhecmning entangledin'sad strap C.

' I clailnas new, and desire to seizure by Letters Patent--- The strap Dand rings c, in combination with the strap C, pulley' I), and` straps FF, as herein described,

y S. L. GRAY. Witnesses? SOLOMON KEBNEY,

WASHINGTON McMss'rnn.

